The Anthropology of Sport : Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0520289013
ISBN-13
9780520289017
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 8th, 2017
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
468 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.80 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Reference worksSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographySports & outdoor recreation
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Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality.
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